| Article number: | 0810946432 |
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| Delivery time: | 14-21 Business Days |
A collection of photographs taken by a photographer commissioned to document Beatles on their 1964 tour of America is presented in a beautiful large-format style capturing all the great moments of Beatlemania, including images of the band with Muhammad Ali and the filming of Hard Day's Night. 25,000 first printing.
Harry Benson is a renowned portrait photographer whose works have appeared in LIFE, Vanity Fair, Time, Esquire, and The New Yorker. In 1964, he was given the assignment of capturing the Beatles on their first United States tour, which launched his career. Throughout his life, he has photographed celebrities and political figures, including Bobby Fischer, Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He has been the subject of numerous exhibitions at venues such as the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Institution. He has also received a number of awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Scottish Press Photography Awards in April 2006, and an Honorary Fellowship of The Royal Photographic Society in 2009, and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2009.
